Combined cutter and pressure roller device



y 1930 J. E. DINGMAN ET AL 1,757,173

COMBINED CUTTER AND PRESSURE ROLLER DEVICE Filed May 10, 1928 INVENTORS Jzwla lm wm'll zem ATTORN EY Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED. TATES.

PATENT Fries JAMES E. DINGMAN OE BROOKLYN, ANDROBERT F. EN GELBERT, OEWOODHAVEN, NEW

YORK, AssIeNonsmo AMERICAN ,TELEIP' PORATION or NEW YORK. v

HONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, A GOR- COMBINED ou'rrnnenn rnnssnnn ROLLER DEVICE Application filed ma 10, o

In printing telegraph systems, received messages are printed on'a tape and fed from. a roll associated with a machine which performs the printing operation. -The message; is printed on the tape 'as. it is advanced. through the printer, and'said tape is cut 1n strips of. suitable lengths upon leaving. the printer. One side of the tape'has a gummed surface, andby moistening this surface and applying pressure to the opposite side, the tape may be caused-toadhere to any suitable surface. The severed strips of tape are thus mounted one beneath-the other upon a receiving blank, for instance, and take the form. of a telegram, and in such forrnmay be more easily read and filed; In brokers and other service. in which tape printers are used, it is of the utmost importancethat the message he made available in as short a time as possible after coming in over the wire. It is therefore desirable that the tape be sev-' ered as close as possible to the printer andthat such severed tape be'mounted in mes-- sage form as expeditiously as possible.

vInaccordance with one of the objects-of the presentinvention, there is provided'a de vice which will sever strips of tape andapply pressure to such strips to'cause theiradhesion toa supportingsurface. f

Another. object consists in the provision of a device of this character which is simple and comparatively inexpensive. g c

A further object consists in providing a device of .thisftype' which is light in weght and readily manipulated without. 7 lost motion to accelerate the speed of operations of cutting and. pasting strips of printer tape upon a supporting surface. l

These and further objects will be apparent from the following description, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing in whichone embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

The device is 'shown in Figure :1 of the drawing in side elevation; Fig. 2 shows the position in which the device is held just after the tape has been cut and also shows the severed strip held by'the fingers of each'hand preparatory to applying it to a surface; and Fig. 3 shows the roller in the operation of 1923. Serial no. 276,709.

applying rolling pressure to a strip of "s'evered tape to cause its adhesion to a supporting surface. r r V Referrmg to the drawing, the improved devlceis shown as being composed of two portionswhich are pivoted together bya screw 10, or-the like. Blade members 11, 11, extend 'from the pivotedportion in one direction,': and each is' provided with the usual edges common to scissors which are adapted to cut from opposite sides an object placed between'them'. The blades 11 are preferably of short length to permitthem to be quickly brought togetherto facilitate the cutting of the tape with promptnessjust as it emerges from theprinter. Theends of the'improved device'opposite the blade members 11 form if handle members. One 'ofthe handle members 12is of an arcuate shape-similar to the handle ordinarily employed for devices such as pliers. Theother handle member 13. is of a c character commonly employed in connection with scissors, and is provided with a loop portion 14: 'It iwill'be noted that the handle 12 permits it to be readily held in the'palm of the hand'and operated, if desired, without the additional aid of any fingers other than those which hold the other handle 13, as maybe seen by'reference to Fig. 2. The handlemember 13, by means of the loop portion 14,.prov'ides, a finger hold whereby T the-device may be readily grasped and held through thevarious operations ofc'utting and pasting the stripsoftapato be presently de scribed v g i A' spring member 15 is provided between the handles 12 and 13 for the usual purpose of providing tension torestore these members to normal position after they have heenbrought together in acutting, operation so that the blademembers 12 resume their normal sepa- -rated position. The spring member 15 shouldbe of such material that it will provide :the necessary 'tension for this purpose,

and. also be of .sufiicient ruggedness that it will nothavean'y' tendency to snap or break. One end of the spring 15 is shown as secured to the handle 12 by meansof a screw 16, and

the-other end of the spring is provided with a slot 17 in which an angular stud l8, afiixed to "the handle 13, is positioned.

tubular form if desired and provided with solid end walls. The roller is so 'journaled that it maybe readily rotated, and the material used for such'roller should be of suitable character, such asbrass or -the llike,{so

i and -is positioned therein during the cutting that it will not become rusty and cause the discoloration or the curling of the, tape upon which it operates; I I g As previously indicated, thehandle 12 is of such shape that it fits the palmjof-the hand operation, leaving the thumb, index and sec- 4b in position upon blank. c

ondfingers free. Thelother fingers are inserted through the loop portion so thatthe,

cutting operation may be performed, by squeezing the handles together to cause the closure of the blades and cut-the tape placed between them. After the:cutting operation has beenperformed, the severed end of the tape is held by the disengaged thumb and index finger of one hand, while 'the improved device is held by other fingers of the :same hand as "pointed. out labove. The opposite end of the tape is held by the fingersofthe other hand, as illustrated-in Fig. 2.;r jThe gummed side'of a strip of severed-tape is then drawn over a suitable moisture. applicator in a directiontoward the left, and then placed a surface such as a message blank. w r g 'InFig. 3, whichiillustrates the application of the pressure roller to the severed strip to cause itsadhesion to amessage'blankor like supporting surface, it will beobservedfthat 1 it is only necessary to place the message strip in the position itis to occupy. Theimproved device, which has been retainedin. one hand during the entire operatiomis then causedto applypressure'by meansof its roller tothe strip, and as said roller is advanced 'to the right, it causes the adhesion of said stripto the message blank. Theseoperations maybe repeated until theseries of strips containing the entire message What is claimed is: 1 V

'1. In a cutter and pressure device for strips, the combination of cutting blades'and handle members, and a rollerattached to one ofthe handle members, saidroller having'its arepasted onthe gmessage V ,members, one of said handle members being of arcuate form and only the other ,1 ha'n'dle member being providedgw itha loop portion, means rotatably associated with "saidgloop portion and having its axis in the plane of V motion of the 'cutt'in'gblades and being substantially parallel tothe'longer diameter of the loop portion andbeing adapted to apply pressure to gummed paper as it travels thereover to cause its adhesion to '18. surface, and

tension means connected :the handle member for normally maintaining thecut- 1 tingblades inseparated relation.

3. .In a: cutter? and rollerfldevice for and the like, the'combinationrofa cuttingiim-r v plement comprising two portions -pivoted-toget-her and having blades at-one end to :cut

from opposite sides againstatape placedibe V tweenthem, handle-membersat the other-ends ofsaid portions, one offsaidhandle members being provided with a loop-portion adapted to be grasped bycertain fingers ofxthec hand,

- the other of said handle r-mem bers being of such shape asto fit the-palm of the ,hand, tension means associated with said handle members. to I maintain said last mentioned member-against the palm of the hand,;so'that the cutting operation takes place by squeez v ing said handle members together between;

the palm of the hand and the fingers inserted :-in said loop-thereby leaving the thumb and index finger freetorgrasp-the tape when severed, and. airoller having its axis in the plane'ofmotion 'of th'e blades and being. substantially paralleltothelonger diameterio'f the loop portion, whereby when the tape is severed the handle members may begrasped between the-palmrof the hand and the fingers extending through the loop portion torma-h nipulate the roller to apply rolling pressure togthe'severed tape; Y V c In testimony whereof, we have signed :our names to this speeificationthis 9th-fday of May, 1928. r f Y r g JAMES E. -DINGMAN.,

ROBERT ,F. :ENGELBERT.

axis in the'plane of motion of the cutting- 7 blades, whereby the handlemember to which the roller-is attached constitutesa fulcrum 

